23.1004, Calls: Austronesian, General Linguistics/Taiwan

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Subject: 23.1004, Calls: Austronesian, General Linguistics/Taiwan

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Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:33:58
From: Grace Huang [afla19 at gate.sinica.edu.tw]
Subject: 19th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association

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Full Title: 19th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association 
Short Title: AFLA-19 

Date: 26-Jun-2012 - 30-Jun-2012
Location: Taipei, Taiwan 
Contact Person: Grace Huang
Meeting Email: afla19 at gate.sinica.edu.tw
Web Site: http://www.ling.sinica.edu.tw/afla19/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Language Family(ies): Austronesian 

Call Deadline: 12-Mar-2012 

Meeting Description:

19th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA-19)
Dates: June 26-30, 2012 					
Venue: Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Hosted by: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica & Linguistic Society of Taiwan

Organizing Committee:

Henry Y. Chang (Academia Sinica/National Tsing Hua University)
Yi-ting Chen (Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages)
Hui-chuan J. Huang (Academia Sinica/National Tsing Hua University)
Amy Pei-jung Lee (National Dong Hwa University)
Li-May Sung (National Taiwan University)
Stacy F. Teng (Academia Sinica)
Ting-Chi Wei (National Kaohsiung Normal University)
Hsiao-hung Iris Wu (National Taiwan Normal University)
Elizabeth Zeitoun (Academia Sinica)

Contact: Grace Huang (ILAS Academic Affairs Assistant)

Announcement:

We are pleased to announce that the Institute of Linguistics of Academia Sinica will host the 19th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association, which will take place on June 26-30, 2012. 

Invited speakers include:

Juliette Blevins (Linguistic Program, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA)
Daniel Kaufman (Endangered Language Alliance, New York, USA)
C.-C. Jane Tang (Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan)
Lisa Travis (McGill University, Montreal, Canada) 

Call for Papers:

The upcoming 19th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA-19) extends the submission deadline to March 12, 2012. 

Abstracts are invited for 20-minute talks (plus 10 minutes for discussion) in any area of the formal linguistics of Austronesian languages. Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per author. Abstracts should be single-spaced, 12-point font and limited to two A4 (or US Letter) pages with 1-inch or 2.5-cm margins on all sides (including data, figures, and references). Authors' names should not appear, but the abstract should include a title.

Abstracts should be submitted as pdf on the AFLA 19 submission website:

http://www.ling.sinica.edu.tw/afla19/

Travel grants will be attributed to three students (full paper requested).

Please contact Grace Huang at afla19 at gate.sinica.edu.tw if you have any question or comment.

Extended deadline for abstract submission: March 12, 2012
Notification of acceptance: May 1, 2012
Full paper due (grant recipients): June 10, 2012

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